By Elizabeth Osayande Faced with myriads of challenges such as the identification of self, the influence of peer pressure, and the reinventions posed by technology among other things, the Nigerian youths are challenged to rise up and avail themselves of the right logical decision-making skills that will enable them to become masters rather than slaves […]

Martins Agbonlahor’s latest publication, “Another Poor Cow”, published by Amazon Fulfillment in 2020, shows the author’s maturity and grip of his subject matter. The 193-page publication’s central theme is the negative impact of the cultural practices of Nigerian people as seen through the eye of a particular rural community. Besides the central theme, Agbonlahor periscopes […]

By Osa Amadi After we finished lunch with Otunba Runsewe at the Old Government House, he went into an inner room and emerged wearing a stunning attire. “Otunba, this is the costume of warriors!” I exclaimed. “Yes, you’re right,” he said, brushing past us with the long spear in his right hand as if he […]

By Osa Amadi The 2020 edition of ART X Lagos, West Africa’s Premier International Art Fair, began online at ARTXLAGOS.COM on Tuesday, December 2, and will run till December 9, 2020. According to the organizers, the virtual presentation will include 200 works from Africa and the Diaspora’s leading galleries, as well as innovative programming through […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru Emmanuel Eni, popularly called “Blackman in European Kitchen”, is a German-based Nigerian painter, sculptor, multimedia performance artist, poet and philosopher, who has just been listed in Forbes 2020. Having attended so many institutions including London’s Royal Academy of Art, the gifted artist describes his experience being in various universities reading art as, […]

By Osa Amadi The Plateau State Tourism Development Board describes Assop Water Falls as an ‘area of Guinea Savanah on the slopes and top of a mid-attitude ridge of the Jos Plateau beside the Jos-Kagoro Road, about 70 km from Jos. The Assop River, it says, which feeds the picturesque rapids and falls, drains part […]

By Osa Amadi Rivers State indigenes in Plateau State have been celebrating Governor Nyesom Wike for all the support he gave the Rivers contingents to the 2020 Jos NAFEST and for their sterling performance this year again. Rivers State, which hosted and won the 2018 NAFEST, won again in Edo NAFEST in 2019, narrowly missed […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru Children’s literature on folktales usually takes a common form that transports the reader back to life during the primordial era, but Sayo Juba’s “Tort And The Townies” offers far beyond that. The book is colorfully presented in such a unique style, spiced with all the ingredients that make children’s literature engaging, educating […]

By Nkiruka Nnorom Ejike Nwuba is the founder and CEO of The Renaissanceafrica Company, a corporate training and consulting firm. He is a lawyer, educator, corporate trainer, and personal development consultant, who believes that everyone is capable of achieving greatness with the right education and proper orientation. In this interview, he gave an insight into […]

By Elizabeth Osayande Faced with myriads of challenges such as the identification of self, the influence of peer pressure, and the reinventions posed by technology among others things, the Nigerian youths are challenged to rise up and avail themselves of the right logical decision-making skills that will enable them to become masters rather than slaves […]

Restates belief in social media regulation By Osa Amadi Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong Bako, has stated that the hosting of the 2020 Jos National Festival of Arts & Culture (NAFEST) is a confirmation that peace has been restored in the state as he also restated his conviction in the need for regulation of the […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has received the report of the Implementation Committee for Post-COVID-19 Initiatives Committee on the Creative Industry, with a pledge to implement the recommendations. Receiving the report in his office last Thursday, the Minister assured that the Government will not disappoint the stakeholders in the Creative Industry. […]

By Chukwuma Ajakah Renowned poet, playwright and social critic, Professor Niyi Osundare in his collection of poems, Village Voices explores diverse shades of hypocrisy in contemporary Nigeria. Written against the backdrop of the prevailing political climate during the Second Republic and the heyday of the Buhari-Idiagbon authoritarian regime, the anthology features socio-political protest poems such […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru The Korean Cultural Centre in Nigeria has donated made-in-Korea facemasks and Korean traditional knot message-tags to healthcare workers at the National Hospital Abuja. The donation was made in appreciation for the selfless service rendered by healthcare workers in Nigeria. In a statement, the Director of Korean Cultural Centre Nigeria Embassy of the […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru As life gradually returns in the art and culture community, painter-philosopher, Ibe Ananaba’s exhibition of thirty-one paintings and drawings which opened at The Wheatbaker Hotel, Lagos, is an inspiring way to begin, as art lovers observe his works with great enthusiasm. Opening to the general public November 4, 2020, in the wake […]